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CHARTER, 



Constitution and By-Laws 



OF THE 



Jewish Foster Home 



ORPHAN ASYLUM 



PHILADELPHIA 



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Constitution and By-Laws 



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PHILADELPHIA : 

POTSDAMER & CO. PRINT, 
No. 32] Chestnut St. 







Relating to The Jewish Foster Home of the City of Philadelphia, 
giving to the Managers the guardianship of certain children, 
and power to bind them out as apprentices. 



Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re- 
presentatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in general 
Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the 
same, That the managers of the Jewish Foster Home of the 
City of Philadelphia shall have the guardianship of the child- 
ren placed under their care and management during their 
minority ; and the said managers shall have power and authority, 
whenever, in their opinion, they may deem proper, to bind the 
said children, as apprentices, during their minority, to such per- 
sons, and at such places, whether within or outside of this 
Commonwealth, and to learn such trades and employment as, in 
the judgment of th^said managers, will be most conducive to 
the benefit and advantage of the said children : Provided, that 
such charge and power to bind out given to said managers, shall 
not, in the cases of females, extend beyond the age of eighteen 
years: Provided, further, that in the indentures of said binding 
out, the said managers shall provide that said minors shall 
receive not less than three months' schooling in eacn and every 
year, during the term of said indentures. 

JAMES R. KELLEY 



Speaker of the House of Representatives. 



DAVID FLEMING 



Speaker of the Senate. 

Approved this Twelfth day of March, One thousand eight 
hundred and sixty -six. 

A. G. CURTIX. 



DECREE BY THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. 



Be it remembered, that at a Court of Common Pleas held 
at Philadelphia, on the second day of September, 1874, the 
foregoing petition and instrument of writing was presented to 
the Court on behalf of the Corporation therein named, in order 
that the alterations and amendments therein set forth might be 
approved, and that the same might be deemed and taken to be 
part of the charter of the said Corporation. 

Whereupon, on motion of Edward H. Weil, Esq., the Court 
ordered that said petition and instrument of writing be filed, 
and that publication of notice of said application be made 
according to law. 

And now, this twenty- first day of September, 1874, due proof 
having been exhibited of such publication, and that notice of 
'the application for the amendment of the name, style and title 
of the Corporation has been given to the Auditor General of 
the Commonwealth, the Court having examined the said 
instrument of writing, and being of opinion that the alterations 
and amendments are lawful and beneficial, and do not conflict 
with the constitution and law, do direct and decree that the 
alterations and amendments therein contained, shall be deemed 
and taken to be part of the charter of the said Corporation, 
and that the said instrument of writing be recorded according 
to law. 

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and 
affixed the seal of the said Court, the twenty-first day of Sep- 
tember, 1874. 

JAMES R. LUDLOW, 

Judge. 

Recorded in the office for Recording Deeds, &c, in and for 
the City and County of Philadelphia, in Charter Boo'k F. T. W ., 
No. L, page 470, &c. 



1 feanYble. 



Deeply impressed with the necessity of providing a home 
for destitute and unprotected children of Jewish parentage, the 
ladies of the several congregations of Philadelphia have asso- 
ciated to form an institution denominated The Jewish Foster 
Home, wherein orphans, or the children of indigent Israelites 
may be rescued from the evils of ignorance and vice, comfort- 
ably provided for, instructed in moral and religious duties, and 
thus prepared to become useful members of the community. 
For the government of this Society the original Constitution 
was adopted ; and 

Whereas, Since<the adoption of the Constitution of this 
Society, it has been found expedient to make alterations and 
amendments thereto, in order to more fully carry out the objects 
for which the Society was formed and to enlarge its sphere of 
usefulness; it is now 

Resolved, According to the provisions of the existing Con- 
stitution, that the following Constitution, in which are incor- 
porated the desired alterations and amendments, be and the 
same is hereby declared to be the Constitution, upon its ap- 
proval according to law. 



Constitution 



ARTICLE I. 

NAME. 



The name of this Society shall be The Jewish Foster 
Home and Orphan Asylum of Philadelphia. 

ARTICLE II. 

MEMBERSHIP. 

Section 1. Any citizen of Pennsylvania, who shall pay an 
annual contribution of Five dollars in advance, shall be a 
member; and this sum shall be charged annually thereafter, 
until a written resignation shall be tendered and accepted. 

Section 2. Any member who shall pay the sum of One 
hundred dollars shall be a Life member, and subject to no 
further dues. 

Section 3. Any citizen of Pennsylvania, who shall pay an- 
nually Twenty-five dollars, shall be a Patron of this Society, 
and may assume the privileges of membership, at any time, 
upon signing this Constitution. 

ARTICLE III. 

M EETINGS. 

Section 1. The Annual Meeting of the Society shall be 
held on the last Sunday in April of each and every year unless 
it be a holyday, when it shall take place on the succeeding 
Sunday. 



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Section u 2. The President may call Special Meetings of the 
Society whenever he may deem it expedient ; and he shall do 
so upon the written request of ten members within two weeks 
after the presentation of such request. 

Section 3. Thirty members shall constitute a quorum for 
the transaction of business. 

ARTICLE IV. 

OFFICERS. 

Section I. The officers of the Society shall be a President, 
Vice-President, Treasurer, Secretary and twelve Managers, to 
be elected from the male members, who shall constitute the 
Board of Officers, and eighteen ladies who shall constitute the 
Associate Board, and shall be elected in the following manner: 
The President, Vice-President, Treasurer and Secretary shall 
be elected annually for one year; and at the first election after 
the adoption of this Constitution, twelve Managers.and eighteen 
members of the Associate Board shall be chosen, who shall di- 
vide themselves by lot at their first meeting after the election, 
into three equal classes, whose term of office shall be one, two 
and three years respectively ; and at every subsequent election 
four Managers and six of the Associate Board shall be elected 
for three years. 

Section 2. The first election for officers under this Consti- 
tution shall take place at a meeting of the members to be called 
within one month after its approval according to law, and every 
year thereafter at the annual meeting in April. 

ARTICLE Y. 

DUTIES OF OFFICERS. 

Section 1. The President shall preside at all meetings of 
the Society and Board of Officers ; he shall sign all orders 
drawn on the Treasurer, duly authorized by the Board and 
countersigned by the Secretary ; and shall have under his 



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especial charge all title deeds, papers, books &c. of the Society, 
not especially entrusted to other officers. 

Section 2. The Vice-President shall act as President in case 
of the absence of the President or his inability to serve. 

Section 3. The Treasurer shall take charge of all moneys 
and securities belonging to the Society and shall keep a correct 
account of his transactions. 

Section ^. The Secretary shall keep correct minutes of all 
the proceedings of the Society and Board, and shall perform 
such other duties appertaining to his office as the Society or 
Board may require. 

Section 5. The Managers, in conjunction with the Presi- 
dent, Vice-President, Treasurer and Secretary, who shall con- 
stitute the Board of Officers, shall have full charge, control, 
direction and management of all the affairs of the Society and 
of the Home, and shall adopt and carry out all measures neces- 
sary to further the objects for which the Society was organized ; 
and all investments of the funds belonging to this Society shall 
be made by their direction. 

Section 6. The Associate Board of Ladies shall have the 
general supervision of the children in the Home ; they shall 
assist the Board of Officers in the management of its internal 
affairs, and perform such other duties as shall be more particu- 
larly defined in the By-laws. They shall meet within one 
week after the annual election and organize by electing a chair- 
man and Secretary from their number. 

ARTICLE VI. 

INDUSTEIAL SCHOOL. 

The Board of Officers shall have power, if in their judgment 
they may deem proper, to establish an Industrial School for the 
purpose of instructing such children in the Home as may be 
selected, in the different branches of trade, of manufacture or 
of mechanical arts. 



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ARTICLE VII. 

INVESTMENTS. 



Section 1. The moneys derived from life memberships shall 
be invested and the income only shall be used; and all pro- 
perty, real or personal, given, bequeathed or devised to this 
Society for specified purposes, shall be held by the Society and 
be used according to and upon the trust specified or declared 
in the donation, grant, bequest or devise. 

Section .?. All investments shall be in the corporate name 
of the Society and shall be designated by at least two-thirds of 
the Board of Officers; and no such investment shall be changed, 
assigned or altered except by the consent of a similar number. 
All transfers and sales of securities shall be signed by the 
President and Secretary, with the corporate seal of the Society 
affixed. 

Section 3. The Treasurer shall, in his annual report, give a 
detailed statement of all such funds, stating the name and 
amount of each investment, the purpose for which it is held, 
and any other necessary particulars. 

ARTICLE VIII. 

AMENDMENTS. 

The Constitution shall not be altered or amended, unless the 
proposition be made at an annual meeting and adopted at a 
subsequent special meeting, or at the next annual meeting, and 
by consent of two thirds of the members present at the meet- 
ing, and its approval according to law. The Secretary shall 
insert in the notices for the meeting that proposed alterations 
or amendments are to be acted upon. 



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RULES OF ORDER. 

1. The President, or in his absence, the Yice- President, or in 
the absence of both, a member selected from those present, 
shall take the chair half an hour after the time appointed for 
the meeting. 

2. A quorum being present, the minutes of the preceeding 
meeting shall be read. 

3. Eeports of officers or committees may be read, though, by 
leave, the same may be received at any later siage of the pro- 
ceedings. 

4. Communications addressed to the President or Society 
shall be read. 

5 Unfinished business. 

6. New business. 

7. No motion shall be received unless seconded, and the 
mover, if required, shall commit it to writing, with his or her 
name attached thereto. 

8. When a member shall desire to speak, he or she shall 
rise and respectfully address the chair; should more than one 
rise at the same time, the presiding officer shall determine who 
is entitled to the floor, and from the decision in this case there 
shall be no appeal. 

9. No member shall speak more than twice, and at no time 
longer than fifteen minutes, on any one subject, unless by per- 
mission of the Society or Board, which shall be decided with- 
out debate. 



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10. Any member may call for a division of the question 
when the sense will admit of it. 

11. The yeas and nays shall be called at the request of six 
members of the Society, or if at a Board meeting, of two mem- 
bers of the Board. 

12. When a blank is to be filled, and different sums, num- 
bers or times shall be proposed, the question shall first be 
taken on the highest sum or number, and the longest and 
latest time. 

13. Motions for reconsideration must be made and seconded 
by members who voted with the majority ; and no recon- 
sideration shall take place after the meeting next following 
that in which the business may have been finally acted upon. 

14. The member first named on a committee shall be its 
chairman and make report of its proceedings, unless otherwise 
ordered. 

15. All reports shall be made in writing, and those of com- 
mittees shall be signed by a majority of such committee ; pro- 
vided, however, the minority shall in all cases be permitted to 
present their views in writing- 
Id. All votes shall be given viva voce, unless a division be 

called for ; and all elections of officers shall be by written or 
printed ballots. 

17. At special meetings of the Society no business shall be 
transacted except that for which the meeting was convened. 

18. No member shall leave the meeting, when organized, 
without permission from the chair. 

19. The order of business may be suspended at any meet- 
ing by a vote of three-fourths of the members present. 

II. 

ELECTION OF OFFICERS. 

Section 1. Nominations for the various offices to be filled 
shall be made immediately after the reading of the minutes 



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on the day of election, and the names to be voted for shall be 
on one printed or written ticket. 

Section 2. The election for officers shall be conducted in 
the following manner : The President shall, previous to the 
day of election, appoint three tellers, who shall cause polls to 
be opened for such election on the day of the annual meeting 
and at the place appointed for such meeting, for one hour after 
being called to order. 

The Secretary shall furnish the tellers with a correct list of 
members not in arrears, and the vote of no other person shall 
be received. As soon as the polls shall be closed, the tellers 
shall proceed to count the votes, and the persons having the 
highest number of votes cast for the respective offices shall be 
declared elected. 

III. 

THE PRESIDENT. 

Section 1. The President shall appoint all committees not 
otherwise provided for. 

Section °2. He may call special meetings of the Board or of 
the Society whenever he may deem it expedient, and shall do 
so upon the written request of five members of the Board or 
ten members of the Society ; and the request shall state the 
object of such proposed meeting. 

Section 3. He may vote at the meetings of the Society on 
the following subjects, viz. : At the election of officers, on 
alterations of the Constitution or By-laws, and upon the ex- 
pulsion of a member, but in no other case, except when the 
meeting shall be equally divided, when he shall have the cast- 
ing vote. 

Section J/,. He shall visit the Home at least once a week. 

Section 5. He shall sign all orders on the Treasurer, and 



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Section 6. He shall perform such other duties appertaining 
to his office as shall be required by the Board or Society, and 
shall be paid such compensation for his services as the Board 
may determine from time to time. 

Section 7. He shall deliver to his successor in office all 
books and papers in his possession belonging to the Society, 
within ten days after the expiration of his term of office. 

VII. 

THE BOARD OF OFFICERS. 

Section 1. The Board of Officers shall enter upon their 
duties immediately after the adjournment of the meeting at 
which they shall be elected, and shall continue in office until 
their successors are chosen. 

Section 2. They shall hold stated meetings in the "first week 
of every month. 

Section 3. They shall fix the salaries of all paid officers or 
employees. 

Section Ip. They shall have the power to fill all vacancies 
in the Board until the next annual election. 

Section 5 The seat of any officer shall be declared vacant 
who shall be absent at three successive stated meetings of the 
Board, without satisfactory excuse. 

Section 6. In case of the absence or inability to act of both 
the President and Vice-President, the Board shall elect a Presi- 
dent pro tern. 

Section 7. Seven members of the Board shall constitute a 
quorum for the transaction of business. 

Section 8. The Board of Officers shall have power to ap- 
point such executive officers of the Home as they may deem 
expedient, and to make rules and regulations defining their 
duties and responsibilities. 



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Section 9. The Board of Officers, at their first meeting 
after each annual election, shall, by ballot, elect three of their 
number and two of the Associate Board of Ladies, who, in 
conjunction with the President and Treasurer, shall be an 
Executive Committee for one year. 

Section 10. They may, at the same meeting, elect a clerk, 
who shall perform such of the duties of the Secretary and re- 
ceive such compensation as may from time to time be deter- 
mined by the Board. 

Section 11. They may also, if found necessary, elect an 
attending Physician, for the care of any sick or disabled chil- 
dren. 

Section 12. Whenever the Board shall deem it expedient 
to establish an Industrial School, in conformity with the Con- 
stitution, they shall have power to make all needful rules and 
regulations for carrying this object into effect. 

Section IS. They shall have the power to establish such 
rules and regulations for the good government of the Home as 
they may deem expedient, together with such sanitary laws and 
restrictions for admission of visitors as may be found neces- 
sary, and such rules must receive the assent of two-thirds of 
their numbers ; and no rule shall be changed, altered or abol- 
ished except by the consent of a like vote. 

VIII. 

COMMITTEES. 

The President shall appoint, as soon as the Board shall be 
organized, the following standing committees for the year : 

a. Monthly Visiting Committees, to consist of three 
members of the Board and three of the Associate Board of 
Ladies. 

b. Committee on Education and Discipline, to consist of 
three of the Board and two of the Associate Board. 



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shall affix his name and seal of the Society to all official docu- 
ments requiring them. 

Section 6. He shall deliver to his successor in office, within 
ten days after the expiration of his term, all title deeds, books, 
papers and other property in his possession belonging to the 
Society. 

IV. 

THE VICE-PRESIDENT. 

In the absence of the President the Vice-President shall 
perform all the duties required of the President, and shall be 
entitled to the same privileges. 

T. 

THE TREASURER. 

Section 1. The Treasurer shall give such security for the 
faithful discharge of his duties as the Board of Officers may 
approve ; and the bonds, executed according to their decision 
shall be deposited With the President; provided, that no 
member of the Board of Officers shall be accepted as such 
security. 

Section 2. He shall receive all moneys belonging to this 
Society, and pay all orders passed by the Board and signed 
by the President and Secretary. 

Section 3. He shall deposit all moneys in his hands in such 
place as may be directed by the Board of Officers, in the name 
and to the credit of "The Jewish Foster Home and Orphan 
Asylum, of Philadelphia." 

Section 4,. He shall make investments when so directed by 
the Board of Officers, but no investments shall be made in 
any other name than that of the Society. 

Section 5. He shall keep all the certificates of loan, or any 
other securities in his possession, in a tin box, with the name 



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of the Society thereon, and shall deposit it in such place of 
safety as may be directed by the Board of Officers. When- 
ever called upon by the Board he shall exhibit to them any of 
the securities. 

Section 6. He shall render monthly reports to the Board 
of Officers. He shall furnish a detailed statement of all receipts 
and expenditures at the annual meeting of the Society, as well 
as a complete list of investments, in accordance with Article 
7th of the Constitution, after first having had his accounts 
audited by a committee of two of the Board. 

Section 7. Within ten days after the expiration of his term 
of office, he shall transfer to his successor all moneys, securi- 
ties, books and other property in his custody, belonging to the 
Society. 

VI. 

THE SECRETARY. 

Section 1. The Secretary shall keep a roll of the members, 
shall issue notices of all stated and special meetings of the 
Board and Society, specifying the time and place of assemb- 
ling, and shall cause the same to be delivered at least forty- 
eight hours before the time of a special meeting of the Society 
and three days before a stated meeting. 

Section 2. He shall be present at all meetings of the Board 
and Society, and keep a correct record of all proceedings. 

Section 3. He shall open a regular set of books and keep a 
correct account with all the members of the Society. 

Section £• He^shall make out all bills for dues and hand 
them to the collector appointed by the Board, taking a receipt 
for the same. 

Section 5. He shall (in a book provided for that purpose,) 
draw all orders for the payment of money authorized by the 
Board, and attest the same with his signature. 



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COMMITTEE OX INDENTURING. 



Section 1. It shall be the duty of this committee to procure 
suitable places for the children when they shall arrive at a 
proper age, attend to their indenturing, and report their action 
to the next stated meeting of the Board. 

Section 2. All articles of indenture shall be signed by the 
President, Vice-President or President pro tern., and by the 
party taking the child. 

COMMITTEE ON INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL. 

This committee shall organize and superintend an industrial 
school, when required by and under the direction of the Board 
of Officers ; and they shall adopt, with the sanction of the 
Board, such rules and regulations for the proper government 
of this department as may be required from time to time. 

IX. 

COLLECTOR. 

\ 

Section 1. The Board of Officers shall elect a suitable per- 
son to collect all bills due to the Society for membership or 
otherwise, and they shall fix the amount of compensation for 
his services. 

Section 2. He shall give such security for the faithful per- 
formance of his duties as they may deem sufficient, but no 
member of the Board shall be accepted as security. 

X. 

THE SUPERINTENDENT. 

Section 1. The Superintendent shall have the general charge 
of the Home and of all the premises, and see that the regula- 
tions of the Board and the directions of the Executive and 
other committees are carried into effect. 



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Section 2. He shall diligently and carefully attend to the 
diet and health of the children • shall supervise their education 
and attend to their moral training ; shall see that they are as 
far as practicable employed in some domestic or other useful 
labor, and shall allow them such recreation as will conduce to 
their health and pleasure. 

Section 3. He shall assemble the children in a suitable room, 
and commence and close each day with family worship; the 
prayers to be alternately in Hebrew and English and Hebrew 
and German. He shall be present while the children are taking 
their meals and see that a blessing is given before and thanks 
returned after meals. 

Section Jf,. The Superintendent shall keep in a book pro- 
vided for that purpose, a regular account of all moneys received 
and disbursed by him on account of the Home, and also a 
record of all such contracts as he may have been authorized by 
the Executive committee to make, which book with the vouch- 
ers, shall be laid before the committee every month for exami- 
nation. 

Section 5. He shall keep a record of admissions into, dis- 
charges from and deaths in the Home, with the names and 
residences of the nearest relatives of the child, and with any 
other necessary information appertaining to the case ; and he 
shall make monthly reports to the Board, and annually to the 
Society. 

Section 6. He shall engage and discharge all male servants, 
subject to such orders as the Executive committee may think 
proper to give ; and no employee shall leave the premises 
without his permission. He shall submit monthly to the 
Board a census of all persons employed on the premises, their 
rate of wages, and of all persons other than the children resid- 
ing iii the building. Servants employed in the Home shall be 
subject to the orders of the Superintendent and Matron. 



Section 7. He shall not permit any person whatever, ex- 



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c. Committee on Admission and Dismissal, to consist of 
four members of the Board and three of the Associate Board. 

d. Committee on Indenturing, to consist of three members 
of the Board and two of the Associate Board. 

e. Committee on Industrial School to consist of three 
members of the Board and two of the Associate Board. 



THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 

The Executive Committee shall have special management of 
the Home, and the property and grounds appertaining thereto. 
They shall have power to make any necessary repairs at once, 
but all permanent improvements shall first receive the sanction 
of the Board. They shall make and supervise all purchases, 
under the direction and control of the Board, and shall enforce 
all rules and regulations. They shall examine and approve 
all bills against the Society before being acted upon by the 
Board. They shall have power to suspend any executive offi- 
cer or other employee of the Home until the next meeting of 
the Board, when they shall report their action to the Board. 
They shall meet at least twice in every month at the Home, 
and report their proceedings at every stated meeting of the 
Board. 

MONTHLY VISITING COMMITTEES. 

The Associate Board of Ladies shall be divided into monthly 
committees, consisting of three of their number, who shall, in 
conjunction w^ith the monthly committees of the Board of Offi- 
cers, visit the Home at least once in each month. They shall 
see that the children are kept in a cleanly condition; that they 
are properly educated ; that they are provided with sufficient 
and healthy food ; that the wardrobe is always supplied with 
proper clothing and all the rules and regulations made by the 
1 Board of Officers are strictly enforced. They shall prepare 
and hand to the chairman of the Executive committee at least 



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once in every month a list of all necessary supplies, clothing 
or furniture required for the use of the Home. They shall 
report any violation of the laws, rules and regulations to the 
Board of Officers or the Executive committee at their first 
meeting thereafter. 

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND DISCIPLINE. 

This committee shall attend particularly to the business of 
the school, examine into the progress of the children, reward 
those who are deserving, and report quarterly to the Board. 

COMMITTEE ON ADMISSION AND DISMISSAL. 

Section 1. All applications for admission shall be referred 
to this committee. They shall report to the Board every ap- 
plication for admission to the Home, at the next stated meet- 
ing after the same shall have been received, together with all 
the circumstances of the applicant ; Provided, however, that in 
urgent cases the committee shall have power to admit until the 
next meeting of the Board. 

Section 2. This committee shall keep a book of Registry, 
provided for that purpose, stating the name, age and birth- 
place of every child received, the nearest connections of the 
child and their residences, the date of admission and of dis- 
charge, and if indentured, when and to whom, and the deaths 
occurring. 

Section 8. They shall report monthly to the Board as to 
the population and condition of the Home. 

Section Jf,. No child shall be dismissed, unless by a vote of 
the Board, except in cases of an aggravated nature, and only 
after due examination of the case has been made, when such 
dismissal must receive the sanction of a majority of the mem- 
bers of the committee in writing, who shall report their action 
in such cases to the next meeting of the Board. 



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cepting the proper officers and servants of the Home and the 
members of his own family, to reside or board in the house, 
without express permission of the Executive committee. 

Section 8. On the decease of a child, he shall immediately 
notify the President, and cause the name of the child and time 
of the death to be entered in the register, and shall place the 
body at the disposal of the relatives or friends of the deceased 
for interment. Should the deceased be without relatives or 
friends he shall see to the proper burial under the directions of 
the President. 

Section 9. The immediate relatives of a child who live in 
the city of Philadelphia, shall be notified of his or her decease 
in the Home ; in case there are no known relatives in the city 
of Philadelphia, he shall send a certificate of death to the pro- 
per authorities of the place of birth or last residence. 

Section 10. He shall prepare and present to the Board an 
inventory of all articles belonging to the Home by the first of 
April and October of each year, or sooner, if directed by the 
Executive committee. 

(Until a Superintendent is appointed the duties devolving 
upon that office shall be performed by the Matron.) 

XI. 

THE MATEON. 

Section 1. The Matron shall have general charge and super- 
vision of all domestic arrangements of the institution ; she 
shall see that cleanliness, order and propriety are uniformly 
maintained in it, and for that purpose shall engage aud dis- 
charge the female servants and help, subject to such orders as 



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the Executive committee may give. All articles requisite for 
and belonging to the Home shall be kept under her care. 

Section 2. She shall have a maternal regard for the health 
and physical welfare of all the inmates of the Home. 

Section 3. She shall see that proper economy is used in all 
departments and that the inmates are provided with sufficient 
and wholesome food, and shall assist the Superintendent in en- 
forcing all laws, rules and regulations. 

Section Ip. She shall not leave the Home during the absence 
of the Superintendent, nor in any case without first reporting 
her wish to that officer, and during his absence she shall have 
charge of the Home. 

Section 5. She shall be present at the meeting of the child- 
ren with their relatives at the Home. 

Section 6. She shall designate the larger girls to do house- 
work, so that they may become acquainted with those duties. 

Section 7. She shall see that the clothes of the Superintend- 
ent and employees are properly washed and eared for. 

Section 8. She shall take particular care that no food of any 
kind, or any article is given to the children by visitors or 
others, without first passing through her hands. 

Section 9. She shall, previous to retiring for the night, 
visit every dormitory and see that the children are properly 
cared for, and that all lights and fires in the house are in proper 
condition. Should any children require her special attendance, 
she shall visit them during the night and observe their con- 
dition and situation, 

Section 10. The matron shall examine all trunks, valises 
and other packages brought into the Home by or for aoy child, 
and she shall exclude therefrom beds, bedding, bed clothes and 



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all such other goods or articles as may be unclean or otherwise 
prejudicial to health. 

Section 11. She shall see that the children rise and are 
properly dressed in season for family worship. 

Section 12. She shall visit every part of the house at least 
once a day. 

XII. 

OF ARREARS. 

No member in arrears for more than one year shall be 
allowed to vote or hold office, provided such person shall have 
been duly notified of his or her indebtedness. 

XIII. 

•The culinary and dietary arrangements of the house shall 
be in accordance with Jewish laws. 

XIV. 

AMENDMENTS. 

No addition, alteration or amendment shall be made to these 
By-laws, unless the proposition be submitted at a meeting of 
the Society or of the Board, and shall be agreed to by two- 
thirds of the members present at a subsequent meeting of the 
Society. The purport of the proposed alteration, addition or 
amendment shall be inserted in the notices for the meeting for 
action upon the proposition. 



24 JEWISH FOSTER HOME AND ORPHAN ASYLUM. 



ARTICLE VII OF THE CONSTITUTION. 

(additional.) 

PROPERTY AND INVESTMENTS. 

Section 1. This Society shall have power and capacity to 
hold, take, acquire and receive real and personal estate by gift, 
bequest, devise or purchase, and to sell and convey in fee 
simple or otherwise, or to mortgage any part, or all the real 
estate now held or which may at any time hereafter be held by 
the Society, but the aggregate of the clear annual value of the 
real and personal estate shall not exceed the limit fixed by 
law. 



fWd of Offidef^. 



President. 

ABRAHAM HART. 

Vice-President. 

ABRAHAM GOLDSMITH. 

Treasurer. 

I. BINSWANGER. 

Secretary. 

A. C. VAN BEIL. 



IVEanagers, 



DAVID TELLER, 
DAVID AARON, 
MEYER GANS, 
S. SILBERMAN, 
LEVI MAYER, 
MASON HIRSH, 



M. SIMON, 

H. HAMBURGER, 

LUCIEN MOSS, 

LOUIS MAYER, 

P. LEWIN, 

M. FRANK. 



Associate 

Mrs. HENRY COHEN, 

Chairman. 
Mrs. M. ROSENBACH, 
Mrs. C. BLOOMINGDALE, 
Mrs. A. C. VAN BEIL, 
Mrs. I. BINSWANGER, 
Mrs. I. HYNEMAN. 
Mrs. ANNA ALLEN, 
Mrs. A. HART, 
Mrs. S. FRANK, 



Board.. 

Miss E. BOMEISLER, 

Secretary. 
Mrs. I. SALLER, 
Mrs. P. HART, 
Mrs. JOS. LOEB, 
Mrs. LEVI MAYER, 
Mrs. H. HAHN, 
Mrs. DR. JASTROW, 
Mrs. B. H. FEUSTMAN, 
Mrs. S. DREYFOOS. 



Counsellor. 
EDWARD H. WEIL. 

Physician. 

AUG. C. BOURNONVILLE, M. D. 



Dentist. 

ISAAC LEVY, D. S. 



-I 

Adler, Jacob, 


\leir\Bef 


0. 

Ettinger, S. 


Blumenthal, Moses, 


Aub, Jacob, 


Bloomingdale, Mrs. C. 


Ettinger, Mrs. S. 


Arnold, Mrs. H.W. 


Bernd, Mrs. Adolph, 


Etting, Mrs. Frank, 


Arnold, H. W. 


Behal, Solomon, 


Ettinger, D. 


Arnold, S. W. 


Caspary, Mrs. W. 


Ettinger, Mrs. D. 


Allen, Mrs. Anna, 


Cohen, Joseph 


Emanuel, Mrs. Dr. 


Asch, Mrs. Isaac M. 


Cohen, Henry, 


Ellerman, L. 


Anathan, Mrs. Mary, 


Cohen, Mrs. Henry, 


Ellerman, Mrs. S. 


Abeles, Mrs. B. 


Cohen, August, 


Ellis, Joseph D. 


Aronheimer, Mrs. L. 


Cohen, Mrs. A. J. 


Eckstein, Miss Caroline, 


Adler, A, 


Cohen, A. J. 


Ephraim, J. A. 


Adler, Mrs. A. 


Cohen, Theodore, 


Ephraim, Mrs. J. A. 


Appel, S. 


Cohen, Mrs. Isaac, 


Finzi, Mrs. A. 


' Agard, Mrs. W. Y. 


Cohen, Mrs. Bernard, 


Fridenberg, M. 


Ansbacher, Henry, 


Cohen, Ch-as. J. 


Fridenberg, Mrs. S. M. , 


Wilkesbarre. 


Cauffman, Emil 


Fridenberg, Mrs. L. E. 


Binswanger, I. 


Cromelien, George, 


Fleisher, B. W. 


Binswanger, Mrs. I. 


Cromelien, Mrs. Geo. 


Fleisher, Mrs. Simon, 


Binswanger, H. P. 


Cromelien, Mrs. Alfred 


, Frankel, Rev. J. 


Benswanger, Mrs. E. 


Coran, A. 


Frank, M. 


Berg, Hart E. 


Coran, Mrs. A. 


Frank, Mrs. S. 


Berg, Leon, 


Coons, Mrs. Joseph, 


Feustmann, B. H. 


Berg, Mrs. Leon, 


DeWolf, S. H. 


Feustmann, Mrs. B. H. 


Berg, Mrs. J. L. 


Dreyfous, Herman, 


Friedberger, Mrs. PI. 


Boraeisler, Miss E. 


Dannenbaum, Mrs. L. 


Fleisher, M. 


Biernbaurn, Mrs. M. 


Dannenbaum, L. 


Frank, N. 


Bachman, Mrs. F. 


Einstein, Joseph, 


Gratz, Miss L. 


Bachman, Mrs. H. F. 


Einstein, Mrs. Joseph, 


Gratz, Miss E. 


Bacharach, Simon, 


Einstein, Mrs. B. 


Goldsmith, Lehman, 


Bacharach, Mrs. S. 


Etting, Mrs. E. J. 


Goldsmith, Abm. 


Bacharach, Aug. 


Etting, Miss Josephine 


, Gans, M. 


Bamberger, H. 


Baltimore. 


Gans, Solomon, Sr. 


Bamberger, L. 


Espen, J. 


Gans, Mrs. Solomon, Sr. 


Bamberger, Mrs. J. S 


. Espen, Mrs. J. 


Gans, Mrs, Solomon, Jr. 


Brunswick, R. 


Espen, Samuel, 


Geissenberger, Mrs. J. 


Blumenthal, Samuel, 


Eli as, Mrs. David, 


Greenbaum, A. 



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JEWISH FOSTER HOME AND ORPHAN ASYLUM. 27 


Greenewald, B. 


Hammerschlag, Simon 


Lewin, Ph. 


Greenewald, B. F. 


Hano, Mrs. Simon, 


Lipman, Abm. 


Gerstle, Mrs. M. S. 


Hoffman, Moses, 


Levine, B. 


Guggenheim, M. 


Hoffman, Mrs. Mayer, 


Lyons, Mrs. J. C. 


Guggenheim, Mrs. M. 


Harvey, Mrs. J. J. 


Miller, Jacob, 


Hart, Miss Kate S. 


Isaacs, Dr. Judah, 


Mayer, Louis, 


Hart, A. 


Isaacs, Mrs. Solomon. 


Mayer, Mrs. Isaac, 


Hart, Mrs. A. 


Isaacs, Mrs. Eleazer, 


Mayer, Mrs. Jacob, 


Hart, E. 


Jastrow, Eev. M. 


Moss, Mrs. J. L. 


Hart, Mrs. P. 


Jastrow, Mrs. Eev. M. 


Moss, Lucien, 


Heymam, Mrs. Alex. 


Jacobs, Mrs. George, 


Moss, Mrs. Lucien, 


Hecht, S. 


Jacobs, Mrs. Clara, 


Moss, Mrs. E. L. 


Hecht, Mrs. S. 


Jones, Alfred T. 


Moss, Miss Eebecca, 


Hirsh, Mrs. Mason, 


Jones, Andrew A. 


Moss, John, Jr. 


Hirsh, Mrs. M. C. 


Kahn, Benj. 


Mitchell, Allen, 


Hirsh, Mrs. Leopold, 


Kahn, Mrs. J. H. 


Mitchell, Mrs. Allen, 


Hess, Adolph, 


Kauffman, L. 


Mordecai, Miss Eosa, 


Hess, Henry, 


Kauffman, A. 


Mayer, Miss C. 


Hays, Dr. Isaac, 


Kauffman, Jacob, 


Mayer, Miss Julia, 


Hyneman, Mrs. Isaac, 


Kauffman, Mrs. Jacob 


Mayer, Miss Minnie, 


Heller, Herman, 


Kohn, Isaac, 


Mayer, Levi, 


Heller, Adolph, 


Kohn, Mrs. Isaac, 


Mayer, Mrs. Levi, 


Heller, Dr. 


Kohn, Morris, 


Mork, F. 


Hillbronner, M. 


Leberman, L. J. 


Marks, Wm. 


Heilbrun, Mrs. J. 


\Jjeberman, Mrs. L. J. 


Maas, S. 


Heilbrun, Joseph, 


Leberman, Alfred J. 


Mawson, E. S. 


! Hackenburg, Wm. B. 


Leberman, Lewis, 


Mawson, Mrs. E. S. 


Hunt, Mrs. Samuel, 


Lebrecht, Max, 


Morais, Miss Nina, 


Hochstadter, Lipp. 


Snow Shoe, Pa. 


May, Isaac, 


Hochstadter, Mrs. Lipp 


. Lebrecht, Morris, 


May, Mrs. Isaac, 


Hochstadter, Albert F. 


Snow Shoe, Pa. 


Muhr, Henry, 


Hahn, Mrs. Henry, 


Lehmayer, Jos. 


Muhr, Mrs. Henry, 


Hano, Louis, 


Lieber, Mrs. B. 


Massmann, Mrs. Emily, 


Hano, Mrs. L. 


Loeb, Mrs. Simon, 


Mayer, Edward, 


Hirsh, Henry, 


Langsdorf, Mrs. Jacob 


Myers, Jacob, 


Hamburger, H. 


Lowengrund, Mrs. S. 


Mindil, Theodore, 


Henly, L. 


Linse, Mrs. S. L. 


Mindil, Mrs. Theodore, 


Henly, Mrs. L. 


Loeb, Marx B. 


Newhouse, Mrs. S. H. 


Henly, D. 


Levy, Mrs. D. C. 


Nusbaum, Mrs. E. 


Henly, Mrs. D. 


Levy, Isaac, 


Nusbaum, Isaac, 


Hamburger, Mrs. H., Sr 


Scranton. 


Nunes, Emanuel, 


Hamburger, Mrs. Jos. 


Lang, Mrs. Louis, 


Newberger, M. 


Hammerschlag, Sol. 


Lowenstein, S. 


Newberger, Mrs. M. 



28 JEWISH FOSTER HOME AND ORPHAN ASYLUM. 


Newhouse, Joseph, 


Eosenbaum, Mrs. Jos. 


Silberman, Mrs. S. 


Nathans, Mrs. Moses, 


Eosenbaum, Isaac, 


Scherzer, Mrs. A. 


Osterman, Mrs. Joseph 


Eothschild, Ed. L. 


Sommers, Mrs. E. 


Ostheim, Levy, 


Eothschild, 'Mrs. S. 


Sager, Miss Adeline, 


Philips, Miss Ellen, 


Eains, Mrs. L. 


Samuel, John, 


Philips, Miss Emily, 


Sailer, Isaac, 


Sailer, Louis, 


Philips, Isaac J. 


Sailer, Mrs. Isaac, 


Teller, David, 


Peixotto, Mrs. S. C. 


Shloss, A. 


Teller, Mrs. S. 


Perez, Mrs. Isaac, 


Sulzberger, Mayer, 


Teller, Mrs. E. 


Polock, Mrs. H. 


Simon, M. 


Tobiason, L. 


Polock, Mrs. S. 


Simon, Mrs. M. 


Troutman, D. 


Polano, Mrs. H. 


Simon, Marcus, 


Tandler, Mrs. W. 


Pragheimer, S. 


Simon, Miss Carrie, 


Thalheimer, Mrs. C. 


Pollock, Louis, 


Simon, Miss Flora, 


Uffenheimer, Mrs. J. L. 


Potsdamer, T. B„ 


Schlesinger, Mayer, 


Ullman, Mrs. Gabriel, 


Eosenbach, M. 


Stern, Marcus, 


Vogel, A. 


Eosenbach, Mrs. M. 


Stern, Mrs. Joseph, 


Van Beil, A. C. 


Eosenbach, H. P. 


Stern, Morris, 


Van Beil, Mrs. A. C. 


Eeinhard, Mrs. M. 


Stern, Mrs. Morris, 


Vogel, Mrs. E. 


Eowland, Jno. I. 


Stern, S. A. 


Vendig, S. 


Eowland, Mrs. P. S. 


Stein, Charles, 


Wolf, E. 


Eosengarten, G. D. 


Selig, I. 


Wolf, Mrs. E. 


Eosengarten, Mrs. G. D 


Steinhardt, A. 


Wolf, Aaron, 


Ehine, Isaac, 


Schwerin, E. 


Wolf, Mrs. Aaron, 


Ehine, Mrs. Isaac, 


Schoneman, Mrs. A. P. 


Wolf, Moses, 


Eosenthal, Mrs. Bertha, Schamberg, M. 


Wolf, Mrs. Abm. 


Eosenthal, Jacob, 


Sussman, A. 


Weil, E. H. 


Eoggenburger, J. 


Samuel, Miss E. 


Weil, Mrs. E. H. 


Eeizenstein, Mrs. J. 


Seidenbach, M. 


Weil, I. 


Eeizenstein, H. 


Seidenbach, Mrs. M. 


Weil, Theodore, 


Eosensweig, Mrs. D. 


Seidenbach, Ludwig, 


Weyl, N. 


Eosenthal, Mrs. M. 


Seidenbach, Mrs. L. 


Weyl, Mrs. N. 


Eosenbaum,Mrs.Louisa Shloss, A. 


Walker, L. 


Eosenheim, Adolph, 


Shloss, Joseph, 


Walker, Mrs. L. 


Eosenheim, D. 


Shloss, Mrs. H. 


Wasserman, Mrs. A. 


Eeis, Emanuel, 


Strauss, Mrs. N. 


Weinstein, J. 


Eosenbaum, Joseph, 


Silberman, S. 






LIFE MEMBERS. 


Moss, Mrs. Isaac M. 


Mitchell, Lewis, 


Joseph, J. H., Montreal. 



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